Who should apply?

Educators and educational leaders who want to explore connected and networked approaches to learning and teaching, the development of learners’ professional connectedness capabilities (online and/or face-to-face), and / or strengthen the connectedness of their educational programs and organisational areas. Teams can be from any area or multiple areas of a higher education institution, or multiple institutions. Teams can be from Australian or international higher education institutions.

Criteria for selection:

a clear link between the proposed area of exploration and elements of the Connectedness Learning model / networked approach to Graduate Employability

a demonstrated commitment to engaging in the project, championing the connectedness learning approach in the institution, attending the roundtable to share work in progress, and delivering a chapter for the edited book

commitment on the part of the institution / organisational area/s involved to support the project and the team

What does it involve?

Successful teams will:

adapt, trial and test connectedness learning, including aspects of the GE2.0 model and toolkit for their contexts over a period of approximately 6 months (May-November 2017), with Ruth’s mentoring input (if required). Projects already underway are OK too, providing they fit the criteria.

become champions for connectedness learning in their institutions – they will promote their projects and the connectedness learning approach more broadly

attend a 1.5 day roundtable in late 2017/ early 2018 to share their in-progress findings with one another, and to work on their chapters (travel and accommodation costs will be subsidised up to $1,000 per team)

submit a chapter for the edited book in early-mid 2018.

What should my expression of interest include?

an abstract of 250-300 words that outlines your educational context/s, what the team intends to explore, the potential contribution of the project to theory and practice in higher education learning and teaching